FLASH! Thieves hijacked a shipment of Nestlé Kit Kat candy bars headed from a plant in Central Italy to Poland over the weekend. The take amounted to more than 12 tonnes of the legendary chocolate-wafer confection… No sign of the stolen sweets as of this post…Read More →
No Novelties or Events on the Fast Food Week ‘menu’ this time. But lots of other stuff – particularly in the MAINS category! Seven major players represented in all! New stuff from Chick-Fil-A, Taco Bell, McDonald’s and KFC among others…Read More →
By the time I was in elementary school, I always knew when the family food budget was getting thin – usually toward the end of the month. The frequency of ‘economical’ suppers would increase. And that meant an increase in the frequency of ground beef mains…Read More →
There are many ‘recipes’ (food prep concepts) that walk a razor-thin line between new and retro. The Soup Kingdom is home to many of them. Today’s Taco Soup recipe suggestion is technically newstalgic, in spite of having a significant history…Read More →
A German Tourist sued a taquería over ‘excessively’ spicy wares. At first, it appeared this claim the plaintiff would be resolved in favour of the plaintiff. But the Judge in the New York City non-jury trial surprised just about everyone – siding with the resto!Read More →
We’re back to a more balanced ‘menu’ at Fast Food Week this time around… Competitors are beginning to respond to McDonald’s new Val-ue Menu 2.0. There’s a cross-sector focus on fan faves as new limited-time specials. And March Madness lurks in the background…Read More →
You know what they say about McDonald’s. (And who doesn’t?) But the belief that they generate the world’s largest mountain of trash is really just an urban legend. Insiders report, McD’s has one of the industry’s best food waste control programs…Read More →
Free at last! Free at last… Not the historic pronouncement of Martin Luther King at the 1963 March on Washington. But almost as monumental: Science and beer making have come together to produce a new popcorn that doesn’t need butter or other flavouring…Read More →